Neil Hansen

Neil Hansen

Democratic Party

Candidate, Utah Treasurer

Prior offices

Utah House of Representatives

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Next election

November 5, 2024

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Neil Hansen (Democratic Party) is running for election for Utah Treasurer. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.^[source] He advanced from the Democratic convention on April 27, 2024.

Hansen (Democratic Party) was an officeholder of the Utah House of Representatives.

Hansen is a former Democratic member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 9.

Biography

Hansen has served as a member of the Weber County Democrat Executive Committee and as Chair of the Senate District #18 division of the Weber County Democrats. He was a candidate for Weber County Recorder in 1990 and 1994 but was not elected either time. He was also a candidate for the Weber County Commission in 1996 but was again not elected. Hansen was Leader/Treasurer of the Weber County Democratic Party from 1991 to 1999. He was also a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in 1992, 1996, and 2000. He joined the Utah State House of Representatives in 1999 and represented District 9 until 2011.

Hansen worked for Wintle Construction from 1977 to 1978. He then worked for Golden State Casting from 1980 to 1981. He has been a Heavy Equipment Operator for the Ogden City Water Department since 1981. He has also been self-employed.

Education

Hansen attended Weber State University, Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College, and Davis Applied Technology College.

Elections

2024

See also: Utah Treasurer election, 2024

General election

General election for Utah Treasurer

Incumbent Marlo Oaks, Neil Hansen, and Miles Pomeroy are running in the general election for Utah Treasurer on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Marlo Oaks (R)
		Neil Hansen (D)
		Miles Pomeroy (Utah Forward Party)

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Utah Forward Party primary election

The Utah Forward Party primary election was canceled. Miles Pomeroy advanced from the Utah Forward Party primary for Utah Treasurer.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah Treasurer

Neil Hansen advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah Treasurer on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Neil Hansen (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah Treasurer

Incumbent Marlo Oaks advanced from the Republican convention for Utah Treasurer on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Marlo Oaks (R)

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Utah Forward Party convention

Utah Forward Party convention for Utah Treasurer

Miles Pomeroy advanced from the Utah Forward Party convention for Utah Treasurer on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Miles Pomeroy (Utah Forward Party)	100.0	29

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 29
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Calvin Musselman defeated Neil Hansen and Jacob Johnson in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Calvin Musselman (R)	62.8	6,238
		Neil Hansen (D)	29.9	2,971
		Jacob Johnson (L)	7.3	723

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,932
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Neil Hansen advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 9.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Calvin Musselman advanced from the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 9.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Jacob Johnson advanced from the Libertarian primary for Utah House of Representatives District 9.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 9

Neil Hansen advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 9 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Neil Hansen (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Calvin Musselman advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 9 on March 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Calvin Musselman (R)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Utah House of Representatives District 9

Jacob Johnson advanced from the Libertarian convention for Utah House of Representatives District 9 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Jacob Johnson (L)

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2020

See also: Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020

Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Utah on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox (R)	63.0	918,754
		Chris Peterson (D)	30.3	442,754
		Daniel Cottam (L)	3.5	51,393
		Gregory Duerden (Independent American Party of Utah)	1.8	25,810
		Madeline Kazantzis (Independent) (Write-in)	1.3	18,988
		Kristena Conlin (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	937
		Richard Whitney (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	230
		Tyler Batty (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,458,878
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Utah

Spencer Cox defeated Jon Huntsman, Gregory Hughes, and Thomas Wright in the Republican primary for Governor of Utah on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox	36.1	190,565
		Jon Huntsman	34.9	184,246
		Gregory Hughes	21.0	110,835
		Thomas Wright	7.9	41,532

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 527,178
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jan Garbett (R)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the Democratic convention for Governor of Utah on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
		Neil Hansen (D)
		Ryan Jackson (D)
		Zachary Moses (D)
✔		Chris Peterson (D)
		Nikki Pino (D)
		Archie Williams III (D)

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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Governor of Utah

Select round: Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Gregory Hughes in round 6 , and Spencer Cox in round 6 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	55.0	1,884	396	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	45.0	1,544	437	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	0.0	0	-918	6
		Thomas Wright	0.0	0	0	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	42.4	1,488	201	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	31.5	1,107	206	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	26.1	918	215	6
		Thomas Wright	0.0	0	-658	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	36.3	1,287	64	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	25.4	901	182	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	19.8	703	163	6
		Thomas Wright	18.5	658	105	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	-530	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	34.3	1,223	141	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	20.2	719	45	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	15.1	540	32	6
		Thomas Wright	15.5	553	59	5
		Jeff Burningham	14.9	530	26	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	-315	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	30.2	1,082	1	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	18.8	674	11	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	14.2	508	8	6
		Thomas Wright	13.8	494	5	5
		Jeff Burningham	14.1	504	17	4
		Jon Huntsman	8.8	315	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	-44	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	30.2	1,081	0	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	18.5	663	0	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	14.0	500	0	6
		Thomas Wright	13.7	489	0	5
		Jeff Burningham	13.6	487	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	8.8	315	0	3
		Jason Christensen	1.2	44	0	2

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2016

Incumbent David Damschen defeated Neil Hansen and Richard Proctor in the Utah treasurer election.

Utah Treasurer, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Damschen Incumbent	61.23%	652,704
	Democratic	Neil Hansen	31.70%	337,994
	Constitution Party	Richard Proctor	7.07%	75,363
Total Votes				1,066,061
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office-Elections

2012

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2012

Hansen ran for election in the 2012 election for Utah House of Representatives District 9. Hansen defeated Ron Atencio in the Democratic convention and was defeated by incumbent Jeremy Peterson (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[1]

Utah House of Representatives, District 9, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeremy Peterson Incumbent	60.1%	5,079
	Democratic	Neil Hansen	39.9%	3,372
Total Votes				8,451

2010

Hansen was defeated by Republican challenger Jeremy Peterson on November 2, 2010^[2].

2008

On November 4, 2008, Hansen won re-election to the Utah House of Representatives, District 9.^[3]

Hansen raised $12,310 for his campaign while Peterson raised $21,424.^[4]

Utah State House of Representatives, District 9 (2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Neil A. Hansen (D)		2,446	56.8%
Jeremy Peterson (R)		1,863	43.2%

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2012

Hansen's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[5]

The Economy

• Excerpt: "To attract the kind of jobs and economic growth we want, Utah should play to its strengths; an honest, hardworking population; unique programs where we can partner education with specific business needs; a healthy environment with attractive recreational options."

Education

• Excerpt: "In Utah, quality Education is not so much a question of funding, but a test of our resolve and tenacity. In decades past, Utah made the decision to have one of the best education systems in the United States."

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Personal

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Hansen and his wife, Debbie, have eight children.

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